Christian Democratic People's Party of Hungary

The Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) was a Christian democratic political party in Hungary that was founded on 13 October 1944. The party was founded by Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and clergy, and the party was illegal under the communist Hungarian People's Republic. The socialist Christian left faction of the party, led by Istvan Barankovics, gained ascendancy in the party in 1945 and won 60/411 Parliament seats in 1947. In 1949, Barankovics went into exile rather than help communist dictator Matyas Rakosi persecute other non-communist leaders in show trials, and the party dissolved in 1949. In 1989, the party was re-founded, and it quickly became a satellite party of the stronger Fidesz party. The party came to support rigid social conservatism (anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion, and anti-immigration), and the party voted against the European Union out of protest for its refusal to mention Europe's "Christian heritage".